How To Install elfutils-libs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install elfutils-libs on Rocky Linux 8. elfutils-libs is Libraries to handle compiled objects

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install elfutils-libs on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `elfutils-libs`

The elfutils-libs package contains libraries which implement DWARF, ELF, and machine-specific ELF handling and process introspection. These libraries are used by the programs in the elfutils package. The elfutils-devel package enables building other programs using these libraries.

We can use yum or dnf to install elfutils-libs on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install elfutils-libs.

Install elfutils-libs on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install elfutils-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install elfutils-libs

Install elfutils-libs on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install elfutils-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install elfutils-libs

How To Uninstall elfutils-libs on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the elfutils-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove elfutils-libs

elfutils-libs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/09
/usr/lib/.build-id/09/ada8c7404153453bccafaddef8884b7a3fd01d
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e/5d3146e435fdd5dfa1c5afce14b102e3cb8f12
/usr/lib64/libasm-0.182.so
/usr/lib64/libasm.so.1
/usr/lib64/libdw-0.182.so
/usr/lib64/libdw.so.1
/usr/share/licenses/elfutils-libs
/usr/share/licenses/elfutils-libs/COPYING-GPLV2
/usr/share/licenses/elfutils-libs/COPYING-LGPLV3
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a/7ed0cc2db84a0d8c59f72a9f11369e30214200
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9/ed250f05a0e29321a297a63807177d2fbcd5c5
/usr/lib/libasm-0.182.so
/usr/lib/libasm.so.1
/usr/lib/libdw-0.182.so
/usr/lib/libdw.so.1
/usr/share/licenses/elfutils-libs
/usr/share/licenses/elfutils-libs/COPYING-GPLV2
/usr/share/licenses/elfutils-libs/COPYING-LGPLV3

References

elfutils-libs website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install elfutils-libs on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.